Kristina Hill - Floating options

This week visiting landscape architect Kristina
Hill will speak to an audience in Christchurch about urban
resilience in the changing global environment.

How can
cities adapt to the challenges and opportunities presented
by climate change, flooding, sea level rise and ongoing
seismic activity? What new designs and responses might work
in a New Zealand context?

Hill is Associate Professor of
Landscape Architecture, Environmental Planning and Urban
Design at the University of California, Berkeley. She will
discuss how the San Francisco Bay Area – a region that,
like Christchurch, is challenged by a rising water table in
a seismic zone, and post-disaster cities New Orleans and New
York have responded to these challenges. She will also
describe recent engineering experiments in floating
foundations and floating urban blocks used in geologic
hazard areas in California.

When: Thursday 20 July,
6:00-7:30pm

Where: The Piano, 156 Armagh Street in
Christchurch.

As this is a free event, no reservations are
required. We’re happy to keep seats for media, please let
us know your requirements by 5pmWednesday 19
July.

These events are part of the
ongoing Christchurch Conversations programme, established by
Christchurch City Council and Te Pūtahi - Christchurch
centre for architecture and city-making, with the support of
partners and sponsors.

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